| 1 | 1 | | 88R6629 MAW-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Hefner H.B. No. 1700 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to an unauthorized vote by a delegate or alternate |
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| 8 | 8 | | delegate to a federal Article V convention; creating a criminal |
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| 9 | 9 | | offense. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 393, Government Code, is |
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| 12 | 12 | | amended by adding Section 393.1035 to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 393.1035. CRIMINAL PENALTY. (a) A delegate or |
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| 14 | 14 | | alternate delegate commits an offense if the delegate or alternate |
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| 15 | 15 | | delegate knowingly casts an unauthorized vote. |
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| 16 | 16 | | (b) An offense under this section is a state jail felony. |
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| 17 | 17 | | (c) A judge granting community supervision to a defendant |
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| 18 | 18 | | convicted of an offense under this section shall require as a |
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| 19 | 19 | | condition of community supervision that the defendant submit to not |
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| 20 | 20 | | less than 10 days of confinement in county jail. If a sentence of |
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| 21 | 21 | | confinement is imposed on the revocation of community supervision, |
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| 22 | 22 | | the term of confinement served under this subsection may not be |
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| 23 | 23 | | credited toward completion of the sentence imposed. |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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